Most Haunted exposed as a fake by star that claims Derek Acorah show features "showmanship and dramatics" - Mirror Online "Showmanship and dramatics": Derek Acorah is accused of hoodwinking viewers (Photo: Rex) Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email This article first appeared on 28th Oct 2005 The TV show that has spooked millions with its footage of hauntings and poltergeists has been exposed as a fake - by one its own stars. Resident parapsychologist Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe has sensationally lifted the lid on the ghosthunting series, Most Haunted ... and claims that the public are being deceived by "showmanship and dramatics." He accuses the show's medium Derek Acorah of hoodwinking viewers by pretending to communicate with spirits and obtaining information about locations prior to filming. The Mirror has also obtained unedited footage which appears to show presenter Yvette Fielding and her husband faking 'paranormal' occurrences such as ghostly bumps and knocks.

Most Haunted has quickly achieved cult status since it was launched in 2002 and is LivingTV's most successful programme. Millions of viewers tune in regularly to watch Ex-Blue Peter girl Yvette and her team of ghost hunters spend the night in some of Britain's most haunted locations. It has made Acorah - who claims to be guided by an Ethiopian spirit guide called Sam - into one of the country's best-known psychics. Tonight the show will start its biggest ever live vigil, a four-night Halloween special from East London following the murderous trail of Jack the Ripper. Yvette Fielding has said of the show - which is made by her husband Karl Beattie's production company Antix Productions: "There is no acting in this programme, none whatsoever. Everything you see and you hear is real. It's not made up, it's not acted." But our investigation reveals how the programme uses careful editing to mislead viewers and, on at least one occasion, has even lied about the location of filming. Ciaran, a lecturer in the paranormal at Liverpool's Hope University, knows speaking out will probably put an end to his media career... but he believes viewers should know the truth.

He says: "I think it's time to open the dialogue about what I've experienced on Most Haunted. There have been many incidents with the medium that have been brushed under the carpet. "I was put in the show to give a professional slant to it, to give it an element of credibility, but the sceptical argument is just swept away. "In my opinion, we're not dealing with genuine mediumship." He says he isn't the only member of the crew who feels viewers are being cheated. "Other crew members have been irked by Derek and what's going on, because it turns what should be a serious investigation into a laughing matter." And our exclusive footage shows other members of the team occasionally forget they are on camera. One of our clips, later edited out, shows Karl push an unwitting sound man in the dark and pretend it was a poltergeist attack. In the remaining footage he says (after surreptitiously hitting the soundman): "S**t, did you feel that?" Yvette: Are you all right? What's happened? Karl: I felt something touch me on my shoulder. Soundman: I felt something hit me.

And in another edited clip with medium Ian Lawman, Yvette is seen on camera making a deep sigh. In the scene that eventually went to air, Ian (after Yvette sighs) says: "What's that noise? Yvette: What noise? Like a moan? Ian: Breathing or something. Yvette: I heard like an 'arrggh'. Ciaran, who joined Most Haunted in April 2004 became suspicious of Acorah's antics on a shoot at Castle Leslie, Co Monaghan in Ireland where a 17th Century four-poster bed has been claimed to levitate. Ciaran recalls: "As we walked into the bedroom, Derek touched the bed and came out with extremely accurate information. "He insisted he got all the information just from touching the bed. But it was the wrong bed." Antix Productions claims the mediums have no idea where they will be filming or know any details about the history of the locations. But Ciaran says: "Derek must have had prior knowledge of the locations." He devised a plan to see if Derek was deliberately deceiving the public.

While on a shoot at Bodmin gaol he invented a long-dead South African jailer called Kreed Kafer - an anagram of Derek Faker. "I wrote the name down and asked another member of the crew to mention it to Derek before filming. "I honestly didn't think Derek would take the bait. But during the filming he actually got possessed by my fictional character!" On the next shoot at Prideaux Place, Cornwall, Ciaran made up another fictional character, highwayman Rik Eedles - an anagram of Derek Lies. Sure enough, Derek made contact with the dead outlaw. Ciaran says: "In my professional opinion we're not dealing with a genuine medium. "When Derek is possessed he is doing it consciously - all we are seeing is showmanship and dramatics." Ciaran went a step further at Craigievar Castle, near Aberdeen. "I made up stories about Richard the Lionheart, a witch, and Richard's apparition appearing to walk through a wardrobe - the lion, the witch and the wardrobe!" True to form, Derek mentioned all Ciaran's stories - even though Richard I reigned 500 years BEFORE Craigievar Castle was built.

The final straw came last month when Most Haunted presented a three-night special from Manchester. On the second evening, the show claimed to be broadcasting live from the site of Cheadle's Victorian asylum, a place where - according to presenter David Bull - thousands died in torment. In fact they were in the derelict remains of Barnes Convalescence Home - where nobody died in torment. Ciaran remembers: "Derek was communicating with spirits that sounded as if they'd been in an asylum, but it was never an asylum." Yesterday the Mirror confronted Derek Acorah with Ciaran's allegations. He told us: "I've worked with Ciaran for many shows and he's got every right to say what he says. "However, it does shock and surprise me. Not only do I believe that I am a genuine medium - I live my work 24 hours a day. If I thought that I wasn't a true medium, I wouldn't work as one." A spokesman for LivingTV said: "Ciaran O'Keeffe has worked as the programme's official sceptic for 18 months and during this time has not brought any of his concerns to our attention.

"LivingTV has not seen any of your filmed evidence, but will fully investigate your claims." Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent Most Read Most Recent Yvette Fielding angry that Blue Peter has moved from BBC One to CBBC | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV | Daily Express CELEBRITY NEWS 'Children are missing out' Yvette Fielding outraged over Blue Peter's move from BBC One FORMER Blue Peter presenter Yvette Fielding admits she's extremely angry that bosses moved the much-loved children's show from BBC One to CBBC. PUBLISHED: 00:01, Tue, Jun 9, 2015 WENN/BBC Yvette presented Blue Peter from 1987 to 1992 Calling for the reinstatement of the show to BBC One, Yvette says that not as many children will be able to watch Blue Peter because it's not as accessible as it used to be. The show began in 1958, meaning that it's now the longest-running children's television programme in the world. Yvette presented the show between 1987 and 1992, before it later transferred over to CBBC in December 2012.

"I am angry that it has been moved from BBC One to CBBC," Yvette explains in the new issue of Radio Times. BBC Blue Peter's Mark Curry, Yvette Fielding and Caron Keating with Bonnie the dog (L-R) WENN Yvette says it's a shame that Blue Peter is no longer on mainstream TV The bubbly presenter continued: "It deserves to be on mainstream television, not on the digital channel. "People seem to forget that it's not just a kids' show, it's a family show, and a generation of children and their parents are missing out because it's less accessible. It should be on BBC One, just before Pointless," she added. Blue Peter aside, Yvette, who stars in the latest series of Celebrity Masterchef, also spoke out about being in charge of the kitchen at home. "Yes. I try to be a little bit experimental, but that can go disastrously wrong. I just can’t keep my fingers out of the spice dish," the star told the magazine. BBC Yvette stars on the new series of Celebrity MasterChef The new issue of Radio Times is out now [RADIO TIMES] Yvette, 46, continued: "Concoctions can go either way.

They can either be fantastic, or make my family run to the bin." "I like my baked salmon, with watercress sauce, asparagus and garlic-crushed potatoes. "The worst thing I’ve ever done was a vegetable pie. Don’t even ask," she finished up by saying. Celebrity MasterChef is on Thursday 9pm and Friday 8.30pm BBC One. You can read the rest of Yvette's interview in the latest issue of Radio Times, out now. Related articles Paranormal Buzz about Most Haunted: Most Haunted profiles of all the crew Friday, February 03, 2006 Most Haunted profiles of all the crew Make no mistake. Most Haunted the fans the world over are going to absolutely LOVE this post: Yvette Fielding - Presenter and Producer Born on 23rd September 1968 in Stockport, Cheshire, Yvette Fielding presented the children's television show, Blue Peter from 1987 to 1992. She is the youngest ever person to present Blue Peter, being seventeen when she started. She got the job on Blue Peter after being on the television show Seaview, when she was thirteen.

Since leaving Blue Peter in 1992, Yvette worked on shows such as What’s Up Doc? Heaven and Earth, City Hospital, Practical Parenting, Baby Baby, and Girls Talk. She went on to win the SOS Award for the Most Popular Woman on Television competing with Cilla Black, Victoria Wood and Kylie Minogue. She met her husband Karl Beattie when working on City Hospital, and they became a couple with Karl proposing to Yvette on TV. They were engaged within six weeks and married within six months. They married and have two children together, William and Mary. Yvette and Karl run the production company, Antix, which produces Most Haunted. Karl Beattie – Producer Karl Beattie started his career in television on the show Parallel 9 as a camera assistant. He was trained as a cameraman by a broadcast company called Visions. Karl has worked on numerous shows including Gladiators, Blind Date, TFI Friday, and Robot Wars. He also has numerous music credits, including Madonna's Frozen Video, Motown Mania, Sting, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Whitney Houston, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson.

Karl does Martial Arts training under Otsu Maeda Sensei at the age of seven, and is the current World Traditional Full Contact Martial Arts Champion. He won the title in 1994 and still holds it after knocking out the then undefeated champion Tiju Fukura. Karl has never been beaten and holds an impressive record of eighty-five official fights, eighty-five wins, and seventy-five KO's. He is the only person to take the title out of Japan and for his efforts has been awarded a Samuraiship, one of only eight honoured outside Japan. He holds a fourth Dan in Ryukyu Kempo and Wado Ryu Karate, is a master swordsman and has trained extensively in Goju Ryu, Laido, Aikido, Jujitsu, Wing Chun and Silum Kung Fu. Derek Acorah – Psychic Medium Born January 27 1950, Derek Acorah (originally Johnston) spent his early life in Liverpool, where he first discovered his psychic abilities and became interested in Spiritualism.

It was in this period that he first contacted his spirit guide, Sam, said to be an Ethiopian from 1,500 years ago, with whom Derek was friends in a previous life. He pursued a career as a footballer for many years, playing for Glentoran in Northern Ireland, before emigrating to Australia. Due to a knee injury, he was forced to retire from football and returned to England in the early 1980s. He then became a full time spirit medium based at his home city of Liverpool. In the early 1990s, he appeared on Psychic Livetime, made by the station Granada Breeze, which ceased transmission in July 2001. He then hosted his own show, Predictions with Derek Acorah. In 1997, he was invited to take part in a tour of the Middle East when he appeared at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dubai, the Brit Club in Abu Dhabi and the Hotel Inter-Continental in the desert location of Al Ain. In December 1998, Derek was accepted as an investigator with the International Society for the Paranormal Research (ISPR).

In January 1999, Derek went to Los Angeles and took part in an investigation of a haunted Hollywood mansion. He also took part in an investigation of the famous Comedy Store. Also, whilst in Hollywood, Derek demonstrated his skills live at the Vogue Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. In April 1999 the ISPR team flew to the UK to undertake the filming of several reputedly haunted sites in England. This resulted in the production of two videos. In 2002, Derek joined the crew of Most Haunted, and shot to national fame. His theatre tours have resulted in sold out shows across the UK. Derek also appeared in The Antiques Ghost Show, and LivingTV announced in 2005 that there were going to be two new series to feature Derek Acorah, including one named Ghost Towns. Derek is the author of four books. Ian Lawman – Psychic Medium Appeared in series four and five. Ian is a psychic, medium, and exorcist. At sixteen, he became a dancer and fashion model. His modeling won him the accolade of being the Face of 97.

In 2003, Ian shocked the media with the news that he’d been talking to the dead Kray Twins for over five years. In 2004, Ian appeared on I’m Famous and Frightened. He now also writes for the magazine It’s Fate, in which he’s their resident Ghost Doctor columnist, and also for Prediction Magazine. David Wells – Psychic Medium Appears in series four onwards David joined the Royal Navy aged sixteen and left when twenty-four, when he began a career in catering. In 1991, he returned to college as a mature student to study leisure as a career, working as a chef and waiter to fund his studies. While on a Christmas holiday in Scotland in 1992 he was hospitalized and began to undergo some strange experiences. He was referred to a woman who knew about such things and began to study Spiritualism. He is the astrologer for NOW magazine and Metro. He first appeared on the Most Haunted Greengate Brewery episode as a guest, and was asked to do more shows. Gordon Smith – Medium Gordon Smith is the proprietor of a barbers shop in Glasgow called The Gentry.

Gordon is a seventh son of a seventh son and first became aware of his gift at the age of ten in Glasgow, when he saw a drunk walking down the street who floated up and disappeared. He later found out that the man had died two weeks previously. He continued to see and speak to dead people throughout his childhood, but ignored this until he was in his twenties. At this time, he saw a vision of a friend in his bedroom the very moment he died in a fire. Gordon is the author of two books. David Bull – Presenter of live shows David completed his medical education in 1993 at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, University of London. He worked as a doctor for three years. David started broadcasting at the age of 13 when he bought his own mobile disco and he continued with this all through University. He started his television career in 1995 as an on-screen doctor giving medical advice, first appearing on Sky Travel. He joined the BBC in 1996 and was part of the children’s show Newsround. He won an RTS award for best children’s factual programme whilst working on the show. David moved into mainstream presenting when he was given his own show called Sort it!

He then worked as a presenter on The Really Useful show and in 1999 joined the team at Watchdog. He has presented a string of shows for the BBC, including and has written two books. David is often on Channel Five's The Wright Stuff as a panelist and is a regular reporter for Channel 4's Richard And Judy. He co-founded his own production company in 2000 called IncrediBull Ideas. Ciarán O'Keeffe – Parapsychologist Appeared from series two. When Phil Whyman left the show at the end of Series Four, he was replaced by Ciarán O'Keeffe a parapsychology lecturer from Liverpool Hope University and a member of the Society for Psychical research. As well as taking part in Most Haunted, Ciarán also featured in the National Geographic channels’ Paranormal series and I’m Famous and I’m Frightened. Matthew Smith – Parapsychologist Appeared from series two onwards. Matthew Smith is the Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Liverpool Hope University and has recently conducted research on replication issues in parapsychology and psychological variables associated with paranormal belief.

He gained his PhD on the psychology and parapsychology of luck by the University of Hertfordshire in 1998. He has contributed to a number or TV programmes on the paranormal. Matt is a Council Member of the Society for Psychical Research. His research includes work on the psychology of luck and the psychology of deception. He is widely published in academic journals. Jason Karl – Paranormal Investigator Jason Karl featured as co-presenter in the first series of Most Haunted. Jason studied media, photography, television, and film and gained his equity card whilst performing interactive theatre shows at Alton Towers and Chessington World of Adventures for The Tussaud's Group. His television credits include ITV’s childrens show Knightmare, Haunted Halloween Live and an episode of Ghosthunters. On leaving Most Haunted he founded his own television company and was involved in numerous other television productions, with his companies: first Talisman TV, and later Pure TV. He left Most Haunted to take the role of anchor presenter of ITV's Haunted Live show and has presented series in France, USA and Belgium. He has four books and six dvd's in publication.

During 2004, Jason appeared as part of Scariest Places In Britain live interactive ghost hunting events and also wrote a monthly column for Prediction. Recently, he has been presenting Yes Live on Sky Channel 661 and is a guest presenter on QVC. In June 2005 he appeared in the short comedy film Le Clenched Tw*t de Notre Dame for Lean Waters Productions. He is currently involved in a project called AtmosFEAR and is set to present a television pilot Terribly Twisted Tales in early 2006. He is also co-producing and presenting a historical documentary for DVD release titled Trial by Fire. Jason is Creative Director of Pure TV Ltd. an independent television production company with whom he has produced the five part Spellbound mini series, Spectre Inspectors, and Haunted Homes. He is also the figurehead of Jason Karl's Ghost Research Foundation, an organisation he co-founded in 1992. Louie Sava – Paranormal Investigator Louie arrived at Liverpool Hope in late 2003, when he took up a research post on a project working with Matthew Smith, examining the role of experimenter variables in ganzfeld-ESP research.

He is currently in the final stages of a PhD at Goldsmith’s College, University of London. He has received funding from the Bial Foundation and in 2001 was awarded the Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship by the Parapsychology Foundation. He is a member of the Society for Psychical Research. Louie is a researcher in parapsychology at University College Northampton. He has appeared on I’m Famous and I’m Frightened. Phil Wyman - Psychic Investigator Phil Whyman is an artist and television star who first came to prominence on Living TVs ghost hunting show Scream Team. He appeared in Most Haunted series two to four. He plays keyboards in several electronic bands as well as working as a visual artist. Phil also runs his own Paranormal Events, where you can spend the night in a haunted location and conduct your own Paranormal Investigation. He is also a member of Haunted Britain, the UK Based Paranormal Investigators. Phil is now in the process of launching his own investigative program Spirit Seekers. Phil is also a musician and used to play keyboards in a band called PESKY. He is the author of one book. Marion Goodfellow- Psychic Artist Appeared in series five.

Marion is an international clairvoyant medium who seeks to provide information and evidence from spirit to prove the survival of the human spirit beyond death. She was a presenter on Haunted Homes and Ghost Detectives. Richard Felix – Historian Appears from series two onwards Richard spent twenty-seven years in his family record business. He was also a Captain in the Territorial Army, where he spent nine years. In 1988 after a trip to York, Richard decided to sell Derby instead. After six months, he was the chairman of Derby and Derbyshire Tourism Association, where he remained for three years. In September 1992, Richard opened the Derby Heritage Centre. Richard's ghost walks around the centre of Derby have seen 95,000 visitors. Richard owns the Old Derby Gaol, which now hosts both ghost walks and overnight vigils. When the Most Haunted crew visited the Gaol, they interviewed Richard as the owner, and later made him a permanent member of the team. Jon Dibley – Lighting camerman Jon studied for a BA Hons Psychology but always had an interest in photography. After his degree, he was a runner and camera trainee on about four films.

He then became a camera assistant for a television production company. Jon has been involved with Most Haunted from Series two onwards. Jon Gilbert – Sound Jon has been working in sound for fifteen years and has worked with Pulp, The Happy Mondays and Black Grape among others. Craig Harman – Steadicam Involved in series two and three. Craig trained in studios on Pedestal Cameras, also operating as handheld on music and children's TV. He has done a lot of location camerawork, working with a range of cameras, from PD150, to digi-beta, and most commonly the Sony DSR570. As well as Most Haunted, he has worked on music and entertainment shows for the BBC. He also provides basic lighting and sound when on location. Tor O’Neill – Production Manager Tor was production manager on series two to five. He left to take a more hands on role in the office and became personal assistant to Karl and Yvette and office manager. Tor graduated from Salford University with a degree in TV and radio and started working for a small independent production company making commercials and promos. Julian Clegg - Most Haunted Live Julian presents a show on Radio Solent.

Alan Clark - Music Composer SPOOKY TRUTH: TV'S MOST HAUNTED CON EXPOSED TV - Mirror Online TV SPOOKY TRUTH: TV'S MOST HAUNTED CON EXPOSED TV THE TV show that has spooked millions with its footage of hauntings and poltergeists is today exposed as a fake - by one its own stars. Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email THE TV show that has spooked millions with its footage of hauntings and poltergeists is today exposed as a fake - by one its own stars. Resident parapsychologist Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe has sensationally lifted the lid on the ghosthunting series, Most Haunted ... and claims that the public are being deceived by "showmanship and dramatics." He accuses the show's medium Derek Acorah of hoodwinking viewers by pretending to communicate with spirits and obtaining information about locations prior to filming. The Mirror has also obtained unedited footage which appears to show presenter Yvette Fielding and her husband faking 'paranormal' occurrences such as ghostly bumps and knocks.

Most Haunted has quickly achieved cult status since it was launched in 2002 and is LivingTV's most successful programme. Millions of viewers tune in regularly to watch Ex-Blue Peter girl Yvette and her team of ghost hunters spend the night in some of Britain's most haunted locations. It has made Acorah - who claims to be guided by an Ethiopian spirit guide called Sam - into one of the country's best-known psychics. Tonight the show will start its biggest ever live vigil, a four-night Halloween special from East London following the murderous trail of Jack the Ripper. Yvette Fielding has said of the show - which is made by her husband Karl Beattie's production company Antix Productions: "There is no acting in this programme, none whatsoever. Everything you see and you hear is real. It's not made up, it's not acted." But our investigation reveals how the programme uses careful editing to mislead viewers and, on at least one occasion, has even lied about the location of filming. Ciaran, a lecturer in the paranormal at Liverpool's Hope University, knows speaking out will probably put an end to his media career... but he believes viewers should know the truth.

He says: "I think it's time to open the dialogue about what I've experienced on Most Haunted. There have been many incidents with the medium that have been brushed under the carpet. "I was put in the show to give a professional slant to it, to give it an element of credibility, but the sceptical argument is just swept away. "In my opinion, we're not dealing with genuine mediumship." He says he isn't the only member of the crew who feels viewers are being cheated. "Other crew members have been irked by Derek and what's going on, because it turns what should be a serious investigation into a laughing matter." And our exclusive footage shows other members of the team occasionally forget they are on camera. One of our clips, later edited out, shows Karl push an unwitting sound man in the dark and pretend it was a poltergeist attack. In the remaining footage he says (after surreptitiously hitting the soundman): "S**t, did you feel that?" Yvette: Are you all right? What's happened? Karl: I felt something touch me on my shoulder. Soundman: I felt something hit me.

And in another edited clip with medium Ian Lawman, Yvette is seen on camera making a deep sigh. In the scene that eventually went to air, Ian (after Yvette sighs) says: "What's that noise? Yvette: What noise? Like a moan? Ian: Breathing or something. Yvette: I heard like an 'arrggh'. Ciaran, who joined Most Haunted in April 2004 became suspicious of Acorah's antics on a shoot at Castle Leslie, Co Monaghan in Ireland where a 17th Century four-poster bed has been claimed to levitate. Ciaran recalls: "As we walked into the bedroom, Derek touched the bed and came out with extremely accurate information. "He insisted he got all the information just from touching the bed. But it was the wrong bed." Antix Productions claims the mediums have no idea where they will be filming or know any details about the history of the locations. But Ciaran says: "Derek must have had prior knowledge of the locations." He devised a plan to see if Derek was deliberately deceiving the public.

While on a shoot at Bodmin gaol he invented a long-dead South African jailer called Kreed Kafer - an anagram of Derek Faker. "I wrote the name down and asked another member of the crew to mention it to Derek before filming. "I honestly didn't think Derek would take the bait. But during the filming he actually got possessed by my fictional character!" On the next shoot at Prideaux Place, Cornwall, Ciaran made up another fictional character, highwayman Rik Eedles - an anagram of Derek Lies. Sure enough, Derek made contact with the dead outlaw. Ciaran says: "In my professional opinion we're not dealing with a genuine medium. "When Derek is possessed he is doing it consciously - all we are seeing is showmanship and dramatics." Ciaran went a step further at Craigievar Castle, near Aberdeen. "I made up stories about Richard the Lionheart, a witch, and Richard's apparition appearing to walk through a wardrobe - the lion, the witch and the wardrobe!" True to form, Derek mentioned all Ciaran's stories - even though Richard I reigned 500 years BEFORE Craigievar Castle was built.

The final straw came last month when Most Haunted presented a three-night special from Manchester. On the second evening, the show claimed to be broadcasting live from the site of Cheadle's Victorian asylum, a place where - according to presenter David Bull - thousands died in torment. In fact they were in the derelict remains of Barnes Convalescence Home - where nobody died in torment. Ciaran remembers: "Derek was communicating with spirits that sounded as if they'd been in an asylum, but it was never an asylum." Yesterday the Mirror confronted Derek Acorah with Ciaran's allegations. He told us: "I've worked with Ciaran for many shows and he's got every right to say what he says. "However, it does shock and surprise me. Not only do I believe that I am a genuine medium - I live my work 24 hours a day. If I thought that I wasn't a true medium, I wouldn't work as one." A spokesman for LivingTV said: "Ciaran O'Keeffe has worked as the programme's official sceptic for 18 months and during this time has not brought any of his concerns to our attention.

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Aka L.U.V. aka the Rapping Housewife. She began rapping and performing at the early age of 11, and since has become one the most under estimated, underground female artist in the game. A relentless 'go getter, 'L.U.V. stands alone as a rapper, ghost/song writer and entrepreneur taking the level of hip hop for woman to an ultimate high. Jonathan Daniel "Jon" Hamm. An American actor and TV director. Hamm gained wide recognition for playing advertising executive Don Draper in the AMC drama series Mad Men, including winning Golden Globe Award and ten Emmy Award nominations. The stress of shooting Mad Men has landed Jon with a nasty case of vitiligo. Michaela DePrince. A rising American ballet star. A rising American ballet star born in Sierra Leone who was abandoned at a young age after her parents died, and frequently malnourished, mistreated, and derided and labelled a ‘devil child’ because of vitiligo. After being adopted by an American family, she pursued a successful professional career and is often seen on TV.

Question: Before Yvette Fielding presented most haunted on which children's TV program was she also a presenter?
Answer: BLUE PETER